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Lasa Adams (1811-1894)
Lasa Adams [sometimes referred to as Lacy Adams] was born May 13, 1811, in Georgia, a son of Dennis Adams. While yet a boy, his parents moved first to Alabama then to Gadsden County, FL, where he grew to manhood on a frontier still troubled by conflict with Native Americans who resisted being displaced from their ancestral lands.
According to William Harden's History of Savannah and South Georgia, Lasa Adam's father established the family homestead in Gadsden County, FL:
"Dennis Adams located near the present site of Wakena, Gadsden county, becoming one of the original settlers of that locality. His brother-in-law, a Mr. Carr, located on a tract of land two miles away. Indians were then very troublesome in that locality, and one night when Mr. Carr and his wife were away from home raided his place, and brutally massacred their two children. A slave made his escape to the Adams farm, and told Mr. Adams the tale, and Mr. Adams sent to Thomasville, Georgia, for aid. The following night the red skins paid a visit to the Adams cabin. The family were well prepared, and after several of the Indians had been killed the remainder retreated."
It was around 1834 that Lasa Adams came to Thomas County, GA and on December 1, 1834 he married Sarah Wooten, daughter of Redden Wooten of the Tallokas district (territory now in Brooks). Another of Wooten's daughters married Morgan G. Swain, who owned a hotel at Troupville, GA.
"Lasa Adams was young when the family came from Florida to Georgia to escape the malignant attacks of the Indians, although many red skins were then living in this vicinity, the dense forests being their happy hunting ground. The few daring white people of the county built a strong log fort to which the women and children were sent when ever trouble with the savages was brewing, and he immediately joined the company formed for protection against their raids, and took part, in 1836, in the battle of Brushy creek, when the Indians made their last stand in Georgia."
Lasa Adams left this area in the 1850s to make his home in Florida, but not long before his death June 17, 1894, he returned to Brooks County after an absence of forty years. On May 5, 1893 Lasa Adams, responded to a questionnaire by William T. Gaulden about the Battle of Brushy Creek.
From Lowndes County militia rosters, it appears that Lasa Adams was living in the 660th Georgia militia district (the Morven District) at the opening of the Second Seminole War in December 1835. When Governor William Schley called for the formation of general militia companies in Wiregrass Georgia, Lasa Adams, Pennywell Folsom, Lewis Blackshear, Samuel Slaughter, Noah H. Griffin, William Alderman, Randall Folsom and 84 other men of the district were organized under Captain William G. Hall. While Hall's unit was not in active service, Adams later served in Captain Benjamin Grantham's company of men.
Although Adams joined Captain Grantham's Company a week after the Battle of Brushy Creek, he was intimately familiar with the participants and subsequent engagements against the Indians.
Mr. Adams recalled that the Indians were Cherokees who were fleeing "to the Seminoles in Florida, near Tampa Bay" to escape the forced relocation to western territories. Adams questioned the purported force of Indians ranging through the district that July of 1836 "estimated to be 300, but I have my doubts. I think 150 would be a fair count. About 300 men were after Indians but only about one hundred were in the battle," which took place "about the 12th or 13th of July, about 10 or 11 o'clock a.m." and lasted about two hours.
The engagement at Brushy Creek was fought under the leadership of Major Michael Young (Thomas County), Capt. James A. Newman (Thomas County), Capt. John Pike (Lowndes County), Capt. Hamilton Sharpe (Lowndes County), and Capt. Henry Crawford Tucker. (Captain Levi J. Knight (Lowndes County) and his company of arrived just after the conclusion of the battle, coming straight from a skirmish with a squad of Indians at William Parkers place in eastern Lowndes County.)
Adams gives an accounting of those killed at Brushy Creek, listing the dead as Pennywell Folsom and Edward Shanks, of Lowndes County, and a man from Thomas County, Gabe Ferrill, who is variously identified in other accounts as Bartow Ferrell or Burton Ferrell. (A Berton Ferrel also appears in the 1830 census of Thomas County). Among the wounded were Captain Charles Screven Gaulden, Lowndes County; Daniel McClane, Thomasville, GA; William Drew, Lowndes county; James Blackshear, Thomas county; Robert Parrish, Lowndes County. (To this list of wounded Norman Campbell, who also completed a questionnaire, added Agnes McCauley, Malcolm McLane, Monroe, and Edward M. Henderson. Edward Marion Henderson, who was then Sheriff of Lowndes County, GA died on July 20 as a result of his injuries.)
The story of how Pennywell Folsom fell at Brushy Creek was posted previously. According to Ferrell family research, a brief note on the death of Burton Ferrell appeared in the Milledgeville Southern Recorder a few days after the incident.
Milledgeville Southern Recorder
Tuesday August 2, 1836
KILLED…. On Friday the 15th ultimo in the county of Lowndes, BURTON FERRELL of the county of Thomas, was killed in battle with a band of Creek Indians. It is not the intention of the writer to eulogize the deceased, but this much it is considered necessary to say, that Mr. Ferrell was brave almost to a fault; for he refused to take shelter which the trees might have afforded him in the fight, and rushed fearlessly in the front of the company, and was shot through the body at the first fire of the enemy.
Adams noted that among the Indians, those killed at Brushy Creek were "about 15 or twenty, including women and children" and captured were "eight to ten women and children…no men taken." These prisoners were taken to Thomasville, GA where they were held about a month before being sent west.
Following the Battle of Brushy Creek, Lasa Adams was drafted to serve in a Thomas County company under Captain Grantham in further actions against the Indians on Warrior Creek. The local militia was joined on August 12, 1836 by forces of General Julius C. Alford, who had pursued the Indians from the Alabama border above Chickasawhatchee Swamp north of Albany, GA. General Alford assumed command of the combined forces which by now included Capt. Grantham's company as well as the companies of Capt. Pike, Capt. Newman, Capt. Burnett, and Captain Levi J. Knight. Following the advice of Captain Knight, their goal was to prevent the Indians from reaching Grand Bay, near present day Ray City, GA, and thus cut off their rendezvous with the force of Indians gathering in the Okefenokee Swamp.
In August of 1836 the Georgia newspapers were full of celebratory news of victory over the Indians in engagements all across the state. From the perspective of half a century of reflection on the conflict, Adams offered "My opinion is the whites were in the wrong."
Lasa Adam's responses to the questionnaire on Indian Times, along with his sketch (provided below) of his service in Captain Benjamin Grantham's company of Thomas County militia during the 1836 Indian War, was posthumously published in the Valdosta Times, November 16, 1895. Adams describes how his company came to the aid of a Company of men, who were the advance force of General Alford. Adams variously refers to the captain of this company as Captain Hawthorne, Hatthorn or Haththorn. Undoubtedly, he is actually referring to Captain Michael Hentz, and his Company of Baker County Militia, who was operating under the orders of General at the time and place described.
"Government let out Indian Claims at Cherokee, Georgia, and were to send them out west. Between 3 and 5 hundred were dissatisfied with the treaty made with the chief – and they withdrew and thought they would go and unite with the Seminoles in Florida near Tampa Bay. So they started and crossed over the Chattahoochee River and burned up a town called Roanoak, Georgia. The whites formed companies and went in pursuit of them, and had a fight in Chickasawhatchee Swamp above Albany. Indians were scattered and between 100 and 300 were in the gang that was in the Brushy creek battle. Several more small squads went through the country from 15 to 20 in squads, in different directions.
At Brushy Creek, Capt. Scriven Gaulden had a company from Lowndes county, Col. Mike Young from Thomas county, Capt. Hamilton Sharp of Lowndes county, Georgia.
They all united, and Capt. Scriven Gaulden led the front guards to battle and made the attack on Indians at Brushy creek and then the fight commenced. Captain Scriven Gaulden was hit by three balls from Indian guns only one took effect right cheek "I think," one passed through his hat, one hit his pistol in pants pocket (pistol saved his life.) Several more were slightly wounded but don't remember the names of none, as they were from Lowndes county and strangers to me. All Indians not killed and captured kept their course for Tampa, Fla.
In about a week or so after the Brushy creek battle, I was drafted together with 30 or 40 more men, and Capt. Grantham was elected our captain. We were ordered up on the Warrior creek, as squads of Indians were continually passing down that creek. One day while on a scout we heard guns firing. Capt. Grantham ordered a force march and we went as quick as he could in order, and when we got nearly to the place Capt. Hawthorne had followed a squad of Indians from above Albany and had attacked them, and the Indians had whipped him out and he was retreating and the Indians had captured six horses from his men.
Then Capt. Grantham, with his men and a few of Capt. Hatthorn's pursued the Indians and run them in the Little River swamp near James Rountree's place in Lowndes county (now Cook), and we had to stop, as night overtook us. We camped over the other side of the river, expecting the Indians to come through next morning. That night Buckston, Ison Vaun and myself were detailed to go to Capt. Hatthorn and tell him to come down and draw supplies at Lawrence Folsom's place. We returned from Capt. Haththorn's to our camp, and we received news that Indians had gone across the river that night. The Indians had used a little stratagem to fool us. They made a display that night with torch lights as if they were going across the river, so next morning we had to go back to Capt. Haththorn to carry the news that Indians had crossed the river, and about daylight as we were on our way to carry the news we discovered Indians jumping over the road to keep from making any sign, and they were going down the river. So we returned to our camp and reported what we had seen and Capt. Grantham ordered a force march to a ferry three miles below on the river, expecting to head them off, but they had beat us to the ferry and kept down the river swamp. We struck their trail and followed them down the swamp near Maj. Simmon's plantation and pushed them so close that the Indians took into the swamp and we recaptured the six horses taken from Capt. Haththorn's men. That night General Aulford [Julius C. Alford] came to us with 30 or 40 men and took command of the forces. A good many volunteered and joined us. Gen. Aulford ordered all the men to string across the river 20 yards apart and drive up, as we had got ahead of the Indians. We had gone about one mile up the river when the Indians used another trick to draw us off. The Indians were seen in Jones' peach orchard on one side of the rive and in John Blacksher's peach orchard on the other side. They were fired at by scouts at long range in John Blackshear's orchard. This shooting frustrated our drive up the river, and we made for Blackshear's. A little Indian girl about eight or ten years of age went next day to the house of James Williams and Mrs. Williams was at the wash tub washing. The little girl went and put her hands in the tub before Mrs. Williams saw her, and like to have frightened Mrs. Williams to death. Mrs. Williams kept the little girl and raised her and sent her to school and she married a man by the name of Artley. This was another one of their tricks, sending the child in to make us believe they were in that neighborhood.
General Aulford went over the river after the squad in Jones' peach orchard, and I never saw him in about two weeks. We were ordered back to the Warriors and General Aulford followed Indians down in Florida and the Indians went into the Okeefenokee Swamp and he gave them up.
I think that was the last squad that passed through. If any more passed, the squads were so small they made no signs and did not bother anyone.
Lasa Adams."
Additional Notes about Lasa Adams:
"Lasa Adams bought land in what is now the Tallokas district, Brooks county, and engaged in farming. He married Sarah Wooten on December 1, 1834 in Thomas County, GA. There was one son born to that marriage, Dennis R. W. Adams, born 1839.
"There being no railways in the state all transportation was by teams, and after his land became productive he used to take his cotton to Newport, Florida, going in company with several of his neighbors, some of whom perhaps lived miles away from him, each man taking provisions with him, and camping and cooking by the wayside."
After the death of his first wife, Mr. Adams married Miss Orpha Lee Holloway, born 1825, youngest daughter of William and Orpha Holloway who were among of the very first settlers of what is now Brooks county. This marriage took place April 17, 1842. There were four children by the second wife:
- Rhoda Ann Adams, born 1843, married William Hurst of Brooks County, GA.
- Jane Irene Adams, born 1845, married J. M. Yates of Brooks County, GA.
- James C. Adams, born 1850, married Mary Holman of Jefferson County, FL.
- Cason F. Adams, born 1852, married Texas Smith, daughter of J. R. M. Smith.
Lasa Adams was elected Sheriff of Thomas County in 1842 but resigned a few months after assuming office.During his short term as Sheriff of Thomas County, one task Lasa Adams dealt with was the sale of two town lots in Troupville, and other goods, to satisfy a debt owed by Joseph S. Burnett and Hiram Hall to Bazzel Kornegay, of Thomas County. Other Sheriff's Sales executed by Sheriff Lasa Adams included the auction of Ephriam, enslaved African-American who was the property of Shadrick Atkinson, to satisfy a debt owed to the Central Bank of Georgia, and the sale of Lot 113, 13th District, Thomas County, to settle a debt owed to John J. Underwood, Troupville attorney.
The 1850 census of enslaved inhabitants of Lowndes County, GA shows Lasa Adams was the owner of eight slaves.
In 1852, Lasa Adams returned to Florida:
"In 1852, Lasa Adams sold his Brooks county land, moved to Florida, locating in Madison county, where he purchased a squatter's claim to a tract of government land situated about sixteen miles northeast of Monticello, and about the same distance northwest of Madison. A few acres had been cleared, and a log cabin had been erected. He continued the improvements, and there carried on general farming for some time. In 1864 he enlisted in the Florida Reserves, and continued in the Confederate service until the close of the war, when he again assumed charge of his farm. Selling out in 1870, he was for four years a resident of Jefferson county, Florida. Coming from there to Thomas county, Georgia, he bought land three miles south of Boston, and was there employed in tilling the soil for many years. Shortly before his death, which occurred in 1894, he returned to Brooks county, Georgia, and there spent his last days, passing away at the venerable age of eighty-three years."
Lasa Adams was buried at Bethel Primitive Baptist Church cemetery. His second wife (Orpha Lee Holloway) died September 28, 1887, and is also buried at Bethel.
Related Posts:
- Levi J. Knight Reports Indian Fight of July 13, 1836
- Col. Thomas E. Blackshear's Report on the Battle of Brushy Creek
- Interview With an Indian Fighter
- Berrien Skirmishes, the Battle of Brushy Creek, and the Indian Maiden
- Historical Marker ~ Last Indian Fight in Berrien County
- Short-Arm Bill Parker and the Last Indian Fight In Berrien County
- Bryan J. Robert's Account of the Last Indian Fight in Berrien County
- Young Johnson and the Florida Indian Wars
- Levi J. Knight ~ Settling Lowndes County 1827-1836
- Norman Campbell Collected Taxes, Fought Indians
- Pennywell Folsom Fell at Brushy Creek
- Martha Guthrie: Babe of the Indian Wars

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Mile End's Chicken Soup with Soup Mandel
Once the calendar flips to September, my mind begins drifting to fall. It matters little what the thermometer reads, the post-Labor Day season is a time for apples, hearty greens, and, of course, chicken soup. For me, the magical elixir cures not only cold symptoms, but back-to-school (or work) jitters as well. In The Mile End Cookbook, Noah and Rae Bernamoff present a simple yet full-bodied and rich take on the classic.
The basic soup takes whole chickens and marries them with carrots, parsnips, celery, and onion over a long gentle simmer. After the base is cooked, they present myriad options for accompaniments, the most simple being Soup Mandel. Mandel are similar to oyster crackers, but souped up with schmaltz and lots of black pepper.
Why I picked this recipe: As a non-New Yorker, this is actually the only dish I've ever eaten from Mile End and I was eager to re-create it in my kitchen.
What worked: Because the broth is made from whole birds, the final soup rich is rich, silky, and jam-packed with chicken flavor. Saving the chicken meat for the soup is a great time-saver as well (and it means you won't feel like you've wasted all that meat).
What didn't: I'm not a huge fan of vegetable batons in soup as they're awkward to eat. Also, the soup mandel dough doesn't firm up too much overnight in the fridge; a few hours of chilling should work just fine.
Suggested tweaks: I couldn't find 2 1/2 pound chickens in my grocery store (the recipe calls for three of them), so I used two birds that were around 3 1/2 pounds each. This worked just fine. The Bernamoffs suggest including egg noodles, matzo balls, and/or kreplach (dumplings made with livers, skin, and fat) in the soup as well. If you've got extra time on your hands, they all seem worthy of inclusion.
Reprinted with permission from The Mile End Cookbook by Noah and Rae Bernamoff. Copyright 2012. Published by Clarkston Potter. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
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- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:4 hours
- 3 small chickens (about 2 1/2 pounds each), each cut into 8 pieces
- 10 black peppercorns
- 2 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt, plus more to taste
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Using a slotted spoon or tongs, remove the bread and thigh sections and reserve them for the soup (or another use, like chicken salad), leaving the drumsticks and wings in the pot. Add the 2 whole parsnips, 2 whole carrots, 2 whole celery stalks, and 2 halved onions to the pot and continue to simmer for another 1 1/2 hours, stirring and skimming occasionally.
Remove the pot from the heat and add the dill, parsley, thyme, and bay leaves. Allow the herbs to steep for 30 minutes. Then strain the stock through a fine mesh sieve, discarding the solids.
Return the strained soup to the pot and bring it to a low simmer. Add the parsnip, carrot, and celery batons; and chopped onions. Simmer for another 15 minutes, then add the reserved breast and thigh meat, if you like. Simmer for 5 minutes more and season to taste. Serve with soup mandel.
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August 2009 article - Banking, what does the future hold?
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Return: there is currently no return on cash. Even though short term inflation
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Surgery does not cure Crohn's disease. The inflammation may return to a different section of the intestine or close to the area of intestine that was removed. If an obstruction (blockage) or fistula (abnormal connection between the intestine and other organs or tissues) develops, surgery may be needed to remove or repair the area. Because surgery is not curative, you should weigh the pros and cons carefully. Get as much information as possible from your doctor and the nurses who support patients through these surgeries.
Surgery for Ulcerative Colitis
Removal of the entire colon, rectum, and anus can remove the threat of colon cancer and eliminate ulcerative colitis. Most often, surgery is recommended when medications have failed and serious complications of the disease are present. Surgery may also be recommend to reduce your risk of colon cancer, especially if you have had ulcerative colitis for more than ten years. Make sure you understand all the risks and benefits of each option before proceeding with surgery.
Surgical options include the following:
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- ]]>Abdominal Colectomy]]>
Proctocolectomy is the surgical removal of the entire colon, rectum, and anus. This is done to treat ulcerative colitis.
Since your colon and rectum are essential for the movement and excretion of waste, a new way for wastes to be removed from your body will be created. This can be done by any of the following methods:
Ileostomy—An ileostomy is an artificial opening (called a stoma) in the abdomen. The last portion of the small bowel, called the ileum, is brought out to the surface of the abdominal wall, allowing waste to drain into a sealed pouch on the outside of the body. You will need to wear an ostomy bag on the outside of your body to collect the waste. Before you leave the hospital, a nurse will teach you how to care for your ostomy.
Continent Ileostomy—For this type of ileostomy, the surgeon may use the end of the ileum to create a pouch inside the lower abdomen to collect waste. An opening is also created in the abdominal wall. To empty the pouch, a tube is inserted manually into the opening in the abdominal wall. No external appliance is required. If this surgery is chosen there is a risk of pouchitis (inflammation of the pouch), which can usually be controlled with medication.
Ileoanal Anastomosis—In this surgery, the colon and rectum are removed but the anal sphincters are preserved. The end of the ileum is then formed into a pouch and connected to the anus. Waste can then flow though the ileum to the anus and out of the body. This surgery is usually done in two stages, requiring a temporary ileostomy until the newly formed rectum can heal and the ileum can be connected to the anus. This option also carries a risk of pouchitis and leakage of feces.
Abdominal Colectomy]]>
This operation removes the colon but preserves part of the rectum. The ileum is then connected to the rectum allowing bowel movements to come out through the rectum. Although continence is preserved with this technique, leaving part of the diseased rectum puts people at risk of recurrent symptoms. For this reason, this operation is not often done.
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Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America website. Available at: http://www.ccfa.org/ . Accessed March 6, 2006.
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Train Books for Kids that Teach
Educational Games for Home or Classroom
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Engine Ed's Colorful Train, by children's book author, Bonnie Worthington, is a full-color, hardback, storybook about a little boy who has a wonderful dream and an exciting adventure with a big, friendly, steam engine named Ed. We know it's hard to find good children's train books. Look no further. Engine Ed's Colorful Train is a delightful, educational train book with lovely, colorful illustrations by Laurie Faust that everyone from little ones to young readers will enjoy. This book about train cars, freight trains and railroads, is fun for adults too, so you will enjoy sharing it with any child. There's even a talking little red cabosse. Engine Ed's Colorful Train is best suited for any child in your life age 0-10 years. Open your child up to the wonderful world of trains. This book makes a wonderful gift for any child or expectant parents. If you're looking for delightful train books for kids, or for a website where your children can play fun, interactive educational games, you've come to the right place. We're all about train books and educational fun for kids!
"A simple yet engaging story. The stuff dreams are made of."
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New Children's Book, Engine Ed's Colorful Train Receives Praise From Educators and Press
|Newly released children's book, Engine Ed's Colorful Train praised as being creative, fun, yet educational as well as engaging reading for children.
Cover, Engine Ed's Colorful Train
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRLog (Press Release)-Aug 13, 2008-Newly released in July 2008, Engine Ed's Colorful Train by Bonnie Worthington is pleasing parents and educators.
This full-color, hardback children's story book is about a young boy who has a wonderful dream and an exciting adventure with a friendly steam engine named Ed. The book teaches children about the world of trains, enforces their knowledge of a multitude of colors while entertaining its readers.
The Chico Enterprise Record hails Worthington's new book, stating, "...it's a simple yet engaging story, the stuff dreams are made of."
Says Rosanna Dildine of Houston, Texas, "This book has become Ben's absolute favorite storybook. He insists I read it to him twice every night and he sleeps with it."
Sheila Hefty, retired lower-school librarian from Sacramento, California exclaims, "I have been a librarian for over 21 years and this book is definitely one of the cutest, most entertaining I've seen (and I see a lot of books)."
Beverly Landers, Principal of Chico Christian School in Chico, CA. exclaims. I just loved it. This book is so precious. It not only educates children, it teaches a few things to adults too!"
Author Bonnie Worthington is the daughter of Yvonne Reese, remedial reading specialist for the Chino Unified School district. Worthington has worked as a volunteer in the public and private school system in K-12 classrooms and libraries for over 20 years. She currently is involved in conducting studies on learning environments for children and how children learn best.
Not only do Worthington's books teach, the web site http://EngineEd.com is designed to help children learn by offering free interactive learning games for children 24 hours a day. Books are available at local bookstores. Signed and personalized copies are available at:
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Dell Whisks the Wraps Off New Tablets, Laptops
Oct 3, 2013 11:24 AM PT
Dell on Wednesday released new tablets and updates to its XPS line of laptops for geeks, less than three weeks after founder Michael Dell won a long and bitter battle to take the company private again.
The company launched two Windows 8.1 tablets and two Android tablets under the revived "Venue" name.
It also unveiled the XPS 11, XPS 13 and XPS 15 laptops.
"It's a nice lineup of products," Bob O'Donnell, a program vice president at IDC who was at the launch, told TechNewsWorld.
"I like the new notebooks," he continued, adding, "the Android tablets are pretty nice for cheap tablets, and have good-looking screens."
Dell's PocketCloud application is preinstalled on all the devices, and that's "an interesting piece of software, because it lets you share your documents across all your devices regardless of what OS you're running," O'Donnell remarked.
The company is "trying to up the game by bringing in some unique and interesting software," he said.
"Dell's end-user computing solutions remain a priority as we continue investing growth in the PC, tablet and virtual computing markets while also looking to expand our enterprise solutions, services and software businesses," Sam Burd, vice president of Dell's personal computer group, told TechNewsWorld.
More on Dell's Tablets
Dell launched four Venue tablets: the Venue 7 and 8 Android devices; and two Windows products, the Venue 8 Pro and Venue 11 Pro.
The Android tablets use Intel Atom Z2760 Clover Trail processors, and the Venue Pros have Intel's quad-core Bay Trail processors. The Venue 11 Pro offers 4th generation Intel Core i3 and i5 processors as options, and Intel vPro for manageability, to fit within the enterprise.
The Venue Pro tablets come with a variety of keyboard and stylus options.
Pricing is $150 for the Venue 7, $180 for the Venue 8, $300 for the Venue 8 Pro, and $500 for the Venue 11 Pro.
"Tablets are gathering more steam, and bringing out some extremely competitively priced Android and Windows tablets will let Dell regain some of their revenue stream," Mukul Krishna, senior global director of digital media at Frost & Sullivan, told TechNewsWorld.
A Look at Dell's Laptops
All three XPS laptops have machined aluminum and carbon fiber bodies and Corning Gorilla Glass NBT displays.
The XPS 11 and XPS 15 have Quad HD and Quad HD+ displays, respectively.
The XPS 11, priced at US$1,000, is a 2-in-1 Ultrabook that weighs 2.5 lbs. It has a 360-degree rotating hinge and a solid-surface backlit touch keyboard.
The XPS 13 has a 13.3-inch edge-to-edge full HD display, a 4th generation Intel Core processor, and an Intel HD 4400 graphics processor. It has extended battery life, weighs less than 3 lbs., and is priced at $1,000.
Dell's XPS 15 is a 15.6-inch laptop with 4th generation Intel Core i5 or i7 processors and Nvidia Discrete Graphics cards as options.
Hard drive configurations are 500 GB and 1 TB with a 32-GB mSATA solid state drive, or a 512-GB solid state drive. All the drives include Intel Rapid Start technology.
The XPS 15 is priced at $1,500.
Oak Trees From Little Acorns
Dell "is going to do what they said they would do -- which is diversify away from the client -- but not forgetting that the client is very important both to the sales process and to the relationship with their customers," Stephen Baker, vice president of industry analysis at the NPD Group, told TechNewsWorld.
"By [Dell's] getting some of the cheaper products out and working with developers to create apps for many of those vertical-based scenarios [such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals and retail], and adding more software and services in terms of information management and analytics and storage and services, we see a very compelling business model," said Frost & Sullivan's Krishna.
PocketCloud indicates Dell's future goals, IDC's O'Donnell suggested, because "people increasingly care less and less about their devices and more and more about their data and how they're going to move it -- and that's what PocketCloud lets them do."


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A man faces charges for breaking into his employer's business, beating the man's dog to death and then burying it, authorities in southwest Florida said.
Kevin Joseph Koscielniak, 52, faces charges including burglary of a structure, cruelty to animals and breaking or injuring fences. He was being held on $46,000 on Monday. It wasn't immediately known if he had an attorney.
On Sunday morning, the owner of John's Automotive in Sarasota, couldn't find his dog and called the sheriff's office to report the dog stolen, but at that point didn't want an investigation, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Later, the owner viewed video surveillance from his property overnight and saw Koscielniak, whom he has known for three years, climb over the barbed wire fence and beat the dog for several minutes, authorities said.
"The investigation determined that Koscielniak climbed over the barbed wire fence, killed the dog with a tire iron, wrapped the dog in a blanket, cut the fence to Casey's Auto, an adjacent business, dragged the dog onto that property and burried it there," the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.
Koscielniak was an employee who was asked to leave the business on Saturday after causing a disturbance, authorities said
He was caught on video surveillance cleaning the blood, authorities said.
After a search, the dog was found in the shallow grave on the west side of the lot. The leash and collar were still attached, the affidavit said.


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February 14, 2013
What you don't know can harm you.
In January, OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration issued a hazard alert on workplace exposure to diesel engine exhaust, targeted toward construction workers and others who work close to diesel-powered equipment.
Short-term exposure to high concentrations of diesel particulate matter can cause headaches and dizziness, and irritate the eyes, nose, and throat. Prolonged exposure can increase the risk of heart and lung diseases. In June 2012, the International Agency for Cancer Research classified diesel exhaust as a known cause of cancer.
This is also a good time to reiterate that a component of diesel exhaust – carbon monoxide – is produced in copious quantities by gas-powered and propane-powered engines. You do know that operating gas-powered or propane-powered equipment in poorly ventilated areas can have deadly consequences, right? (Think about gas-powered generators, welding equipment, power tools – and propane-powered forklifts.)
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health notes that carbon monoxide levels above 1,200 parts per million can cause death or irreversible health effects within 30 minutes.
If you're using tools or other equipment that produce carbon monoxide, test the air regularly in poorly ventilated areas and use mechanical ventilation when possible. An AC plug-in carbon monoxide detector is an inexpensive, effective way to monitor suspect areas. Of course, you'll follow the manufacturer's instructions when you're setting up and using a carbon monoxide detector. Right?
Reprinting, excerpting, or plagiarizing any part of this publication is fine with us!
But remember: the information in this newsletter is intended to highlight safe work practices, but it does not replace Oregon OSHA workplace safety and health rules.
For information about Oregon OSHA services and answers to technical questions, call (503) 378-3272 or toll-free within Oregon, (800) 922-2689.


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A text message woke me up early in the morning. "Delhi HC to give its order on homosexuality," read the message from my friend Rose, "We're waiting—to protest or celebrate."
Rose, India's first transgender TV anchor and now a celebrity of the LGBT community, hasn't stopped celebrating.
Rose was born a 'biological' male, but she soon realised that she is a female trapped in a male's body — a transgender. Baring her thoughts and dreams wasn't easy; and when she finally did, she had to fight hard for them. When her parents realised that the 'boy's' fascination for frocks was more than a curiosity, she was thrown out of her family — into a society which has never been kind to cross-dressers. And, yes, I mention Rose – and all those of the transgender community who want to be women – by the female pronoun. So, she is a she.
I first met Rose in March 2007, when I was working on a story on scientific sexual reassignment surgery (SRS). Rose, then undergoing what is known as Real Life Test in the US (where a transgender seeking a male-to-female sex change surgery is made to live like a female, even using the women's rest room, before being given female hormones and then a series of surgeries to remove the penis and construct a vagina and breasts).
She was dressed as a woman. For some, it takes courage, for some other thick skin to cross dress. For Rose, it was sheer determination. I remember waiting for her in a low-income neighbourhood late in the evening. Since I wasn't familiar with the labyrinthine alleys, she had asked me to wait on the main road. I saw Rose – a person of average male height and build – in a skirt and T shirt, with a cute vanity bag in hand, walking towards my car. Men sneered. As she got into my car, there were cat calls.
Soon after the Delhi high court order came on Thursday, I asked Rose what she felt that evening two years ago, and now. "People used to stare at me then," she said with measured indifference, "and people stare at me now. I don't know if they used to stare at me with disdain then and with acceptance now." I didn't ask more. The court may have made alternative sexuality legal, but a considerable section of the society may still find them outcasts (proof of which I expect in the form of nasty comments to this post).
Scientists have several theories of biochemistry, anatomy, psychology and even parapsychology to explain alternative sexuality. All I know is Rose is a transgender not to be a rebel. Through her, I know how difficult it is to be what you are, if you are a transgender: You are not wanted at home; you don't get a decent job; you are in the middle of nowhere. Experiences of gays and lesbians could be less obvious, but equally traumatic.
Rose struggled (she stayed in an NGO's office and did menial jobs) to be what she is today: A diploma holder in TV
direction; India's first transgender talk show host (Ippadikku Rose, Vijay TV); World's first transgender to direct, produce and anchor a TV show (Ithu Rose Neram, Kalaignar TV). Her celebrity status may have helped in restoring some normalcy in her life. Her family (father, mother, grandmother, two brothers and their wives) have "grudgingly" taken her back. Only her mother is yet to reconcile with her transgender status. Her grandmother says she loves her — and that she would've loved her more if she was a man.
"It's an end to so many years of mental agony," Rose says about her return home, as also the Delhi high court order. Rose is happy. Are you?


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An initiative to cut emissions from landfill sites in Cameroon cannot be expanded to other Central African countries as planned due to a lack of funding from the U.N. carbon market, its backers say
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from landfill sites in Cameroon cannot be expanded to other Central African countries as planned due to a lack of income from the troubled carbon market, its backers say.
Two projects in Cameroon are registered to sell carbon credits via the U.N.'s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), but the price of CDM offsets has slumped, blunting prospects for the landfill improvement scheme, according to officials with the state-owned Hygiene and Sanitation Company Cameroon (HYSACAM).
The Nkolfoulou-Yaounde and PK 10 Douala plants, built at a cost of around 10 million euros (around $13.6 million), mitigate methane emissions from waste decomposition by capturing and destroying landfill gas in enclosed flare stations.
"We started these two landfill projects in 2009, with plans to use our expertise to reproduce similar projects in other countries in the Congo Basin by 2015. But the expansion has been delayed for lack of funding," said Bikoe Betrant Noel, head of Nkolfoulou-Yaounde.
According to Noel, the landfill projects are expected to generate more than 1 million CDM carbon credits by the end of 2015, but so far it has proven hard to find buyers for them.
"These are the first CDM projects in the Central African region, and we had envisaged reproducing similar projects in the other countries in the region at an estimated cost of 4.8 million euros ($6.5 million) each, but we don't have funding for this," Noel said.
Facilities to convert the trapped methane into cheap cooking gas have also had to be put on hold, HYSACAM director-general Michel Ngapanou said last year.
Experts say the failure of November's U.N. climate change conference in Warsaw to agree on measures that would lead to a sustained market price increase for CDM credits is likely to discourage private investment in CDM projects in developing countries.
This also spells trouble for the Adaptation Fund, set up under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to finance adaptation programmes in developing nations, as the CDM is meant to be its main source of income.
At the opening of the recent U.N. talks in Poland, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres said investment in CDM projects was dwindling and needed a boost.
"Unfortunately countries could not agree in Warsaw on any better way for funding," said Joseph Armathe Amougou, a Cameroonian delegate to the negotiations.
"Even proposals for green (climate) funds to be used to increase the price of CDM credits or to set a minimum price for CDM offset were rejected by Annex 1 countries (industrialised countries that are party to the Kyoto Protocol). This is not encouraging to investors in this area in developing countries," Amougou added.
Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) - a unit representing one tonne of carbon dioxide-equivalent sequestered or abated - can be traded, and are purchased by industrialised countries to help meet their emissions reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol, the main international treaty for curbing global warming.
But the price of CERs has dropped from more than 10 euros in 2011 to below 50 cents, due to over-supply and uncertainty over future demand.
"We in Africa need to cushion current CDM efforts – such as integrated bio-gas production in countries like Kenya - from ongoing and future shocks, instead of letting (the CDM) die at a time when it is beginning to function," said Robert Gichange from Kenya at an event organised by the PanAfrican Climate Justice Alliance on the sidelines of the Warsaw conference.
Some representatives of civil society groups said the creation of a special fund to support CDM projects - especially in Africa where they are suffering setbacks after a slow start - was imperative to revive investor interest.
"The private sector needs to be encouraged because this is the prime mover of any economy," said Agustine Njamnshi of the Cameroon branch of the Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme.
But some environmental experts in Cameroon believe all is not lost.
"Financing of climate change (activities) in developing countries today - be it mitigation or adaptation - has both the approach of carbon markets and that of carbon funds," said Zachee Nzohngandembou of the Centre for the Environment and Rural Transformation, a Cameroonian nongovernmental organisation.
"The Cameroon government, like other developing countries, cannot afford the resources required to encourage low-carbon and climate-resilient development, but they get support in the forestry sector, especially (from) international donor institutions like the European Union and World Bank," he said.
Officials at the ministry of forestry and wildlife also struck a positive note.
"Carbon financing from bilateral and multilateral institutions in the forestry sector constitutes the major source of funding for the fight against climate change in Cameroon," said Koulanya Koutou Danis, secretary-general at the ministry.
Officials point to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, a readiness fund that prepares countries in the Congo Basin and elsewhere in the developing world to receive and spend grants and other funding to protect their forests. Cameroon's application for $1.6 billion was approved by the World Bank at the end of November.
Elias Ntungwe Ngalame is an environmental writer with Cameroon's Eden Group of newspapers.
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The summary on the copyright page states that the book is "a collection of poems about origami animals." In reality, the Fold Me a Poem is much more than a collection. The poems, read together in succession, collectively tell a story about an imaginative boy who plays with his origami creations all day long, from the moment he wakes up in the morning until he falls asleep in his bed at night. The short poems are rather like private thoughts as he brings the origami animals to life, folding them into splendid creatures and playing with them afterward: "Forty bright sheets / of colored paper, / a world of animals. / Who will be next?" The animals race each other, hide, and get into trouble. Even the boy's cat joins in the fun, by attacking and injuring a poor pink ostrich during a "wind storm" produced by a fan. The cleverly designed square book has end papers that look like origami paper. In total, the book contains 32 original poems. It does not include instructions for creating origami animals -- however, the illustrator in her end note mentions various book resources.
This poetry book provides wonderful inspiration for showing children how to capture their own thoughts in poetry form on paper! All children need to do to write their own poems is describe their own play. O'Connell's poems are written in many different forms including haiku, apostrophe (poems of address), mask or persona poems, and process poems, making the book a useful springboard for teaching these styles. Lauren Stringer's painted illustrations beautifully accompany the poems and are instrumental in helping the reader visualize the poems. Stringer skillfully captures the origami creatures -- folding origami is hard enough, but painting all the shadows, showing the folds through illustration takes real talent indeed!
As for favorite poems, I adore "Night," a poem that tells how the boy adds his own star to the night sky. My son likes the poem "Tub" mostly because the illustrations for the poem show many of the origami creations (including a bandaged ostrich) waiting for a ride on an origami boat. My daughter especially likes "Mystery" because it fully captures the wonder and joy of creating your own origami. Anything, yes, anything is possible with a little imagination.
Fold Me a Poem by Kristine O'Connell George, illustrated by Lauren Stringer. Harcourt (April 2005); ISBN 9780152025014; 32 pagesI am an Amazon affiliate and may receive a very small commission for products purchased through my Amazon links. (View my full disclosure statement for more information about my reviews.)
Book Source: Borrowed from our local library
Related Links:
Kristine O'Connell George - Author Website
Lauren Stringer - Illustrator Website
Teacher's Guide - Fold Me A Poem
Baby Chick in Egg - Origami and Poem
Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day! When thinking about combining origami and poetry, we chanced upon a verse by the brilliant children's poet, Aileen Fisher. The poem "Baby Chick" questions how a chick knows its way out of the egg. We've created a neat origami project to go along with the poem (plus the paper egg shell makes a neat, handy pocket to tuck the poem into!)
The directions to fold the chick and egg origami can be found at http://www.kutchuk.com. The design is made from a single piece of paper. This is an easy, beginner origami project for kids. I created a pdf template with folding guides to make it even easier to fold your own origami if you'd prefer to use that instead. One is full color and the other can be colored-in by a child. Make sure to print with page scaling set to "none" or unclick "fit to page" so that it doesn't resize the document. Click on the google doc links below to print your own copy (clicking on the image won't work).
Chick in Egg Origami pdf (color) - (download to print properly)
Chick in Egg Origami pdf (black and white) - (download to print properly)


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The government has passed legislation to postpone all elections until 6 May 2021.
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Alaa Barakeh, spokesperson for Fatah's student wing, is sitting in the Birzeit University cafeteria, sipping coffee and talking about Nelson Mandela. Like Mandela, his role model, Barakeh is studying law. But for the last two weeks, he has not been attending lectures.
According to Barakeh, 4000 of Birzeit University's 11,000 student body began strikes earlier this month, as part of the latest wave of unrest to grip the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. Students have abandoned lectures to protest Israel's occupation at nearby Israeli settlement, Beit El, north of Ramallah.
"Since the strikes and the protests started, we are trying not to go to lectures. We go out and we fight in peaceful resistance to convey our message to the world," said Barakeh.
Students and Palestinian youth have been at the helm of the recent protests against Israel's occupation, settlement expansion and incursions into Al-Aqsa mosque.
Many in the region have claimed that this month's unrest signals the beginning of a Third Intifada, but a majority of Palestinian students - including those who take to the streets in protest - dismiss this notion, citing a lack of will, unity between political groups, and leadership.
Barakeh claims that a majority of Birzeit students are politically conscious and fervently object to the Israeli occupation. But he believes the student strikes and protests are still too small to warrant talk of a new uprising.
"In the First Intifada almost 40 percent of people participated. It was successful and they achieved many goals. In the Second Intifada there were less, but they still went out. But now there are even less. We don't have the basis for a Third Intifada," he told the Palestine Monitor.
Nayef Swetat, is a professor of law at Al Quds University and a former head of Birzeit's student council. As a student at Birzeit during the First Intifada, he remembers a campus environment of highly concentrated political activity.
"When you compare the First Intifada with the third, there is a big difference between the culture of the students. Most of the students now are not interested in political culture."
He believes the driving force behind the lack of student political mobilisation is linked to the discord between the Palestinian parties, Fatah and Hamas, which, he says, has resulted in a lack of direction for the student movement.
"The ideology and political position and how to go about the Third Intifada are all different between Fatah and Hamas, they make no effort to unify. This affects the students," he said.
Rival student movements have temporarily diverged from this disunity between the leading political parties, with Fatah, Hamas and the Islamic Jihad student factions united in the latest student protests.
However, the unity among students has yet to translate into the kind of popular student movement that was seen during the First and Second Intifadas.
While some Palestinian political figures have expressed support for a Third Intifada, rallying youth to join in the latest wave of unrest, many students feel that Palestine's political elite has failed to provide the guidance required for a potential uprising.
"The intifada needs leadership. Until now, we don't have that. The students are taking that on their shoulders. But they don't have enough knowledge or experience on how to lead the intifada, " commented Kefah Mansour, a 34 year old Law student at Al Quds University.
Without any direct instruction from Palestine's leaders, students have organised themselves on a grassroots level, relying heavily on social media as a means to coordinate political activity on and off campuses.
The hashtag #insidewestbank has gained popularity among students within the last week. Started by the Sharek Youth Forum, a Ramallah-based youth initiative, it aims "to get the UK, and hopefully the world, to see the truth of what's happening in Palestine at the moment."
Although not all students are motivated to join in the protests and strikes, there is a strong sense of political consciousness across Palestinian university campuses, and many students are engaged in other forms of resistance.
"Some students are painters, some are poets, they sing, work in the media or as photographers. We believe in our cause, but we fight for it in different ways," says Tasneem Zeyad, a 21-year-old English Literature student at Birzeit University.
Earlier this month three Palestinian students acted outside the mandate of peaceful student protest when they used violent means of protesting Israel's occupation of the West Bank.
Muhanad Halabi and Bahaa Alian from Al-Quds, and Omar al-Faqih from Birzeit University were shot and killed by Israeli forces after stabbing Israeli citizens.
"We are trying to follow Mandela's steps and Ghandi's steps," said Barakeh who believes a majority of students are committed to peaceful resistance. "We not armed, we don't have weapons, we are trying to make a difference in the West Bank," he added.
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Not sure how I totally missed this forum on livestock. Just when I thought this forum couldn't possibly get any better ... it does!
We currently raise ducks. We've got a flock of 9, and way too many of them are males. Most of them are too old to probably be culled, but one of the new hatchlings (we only had two from the clutch we incubated ... off season hatching will do it) is a male. We have Buff Orpington's and Indian Runners (although one of our males has a dark mallard pattern) and they all seem to weigh about 5-6 lbs. Mostly we have them for the eggs -- our matriarch duck lays well over 300 days out of the year (close to 350, I believe), and it looks like her offspring have picked that up, too.
Now ... I've never slaughtered, well, anything before. I helped a hunter clean up some breasts from some mallards once and am quite okay with dealing with offal -- we feed our dogs raw, so I'm pretty used to seeing some gross stuff (ever stick a spleen in a food processor? fun!) -- but I've never had to do the executing. I think I'm up to it, but I was just wondering if there's anyone else out there with ducks who has a recommendation on a quick and painless way to do it.
I saw some video of a fool lady whipping the duck around by it's head (thing still looked alive after that, so not sure what she was going for), but I'm wondering if it won't be easier to just take a cleaver to the head before the duck has any idea what's going on. My girlfriend thinks a sliced throat is cruel, so she's angling for the quick chop. I think I might agree.
After that, is a paraffin dip really that useful? Is hand plucking that much of a pain?
Any other tips? Should a bird meant for eating have a special diet?
If this works well, I'd like to use some of the birds for making either a duck prosciutto or sausage (if I can get enough meat off of them). The Orpingtons are pretty large birds, but the Runner stock we have isn't traditional and tend to be a bit heavier than normal.
Thanks! And, since it's Lundi Gras (day before Mardi Gras) and I had to drag myself into the office, this forum has kept me thoroughly occupied and my mind off the fact that 90% of the city is out partying. Thanks for that, too!


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In the last blog post, I talked about the K-pop revolution brought by Seo Taiji & Boys who laid the foundation for the modern K-pop and the creation of the first-generation young idol groups in the 1990's. From then onwards, K-pop has been designed to target the teenagers. In this post, I will talk about the 2000's in which we saw the aggressive large-scale expansion of K-pop to other countries as part of the Korean Wave.
Large-scale Overseas Expansion of K-pop
After the IMF crisis in 1997, the South Korean economy was in bad shape. In order to survive, the Korean music industry could not just rely on the limited local market and had to explore the overseas markets. The overseas expansion of K-pop was helped by the following factors:
(a) The 2002 Korean TV drama, Winter Sonata, and subsequent Korean dramas gained huge popularity in Asia and sparked off the Korean Wave in this region. For example, in 2004, Rain starred in the heavily viewed TV drama, "Full House", and became a pan-Asian star in the same year – his album, "It's Raining", sold 500,000 copies in China and about 150,000 copies in Thailand and South Korea.
(b) Digital music in the form of MP3 players was introduced in 1996. With the debut of YouTube and similar video-sharing websites in 2005 and the explosive growth of social media, YouTube and social media became a key force in promoting K-pop to the worldwide audience. With digitized music and music videos disseminated through the social media with relatively low cost, K-pop was able to reach a mass audience all over the world without a massive investment. The translation of music videos by fans from all over the world have also helped the spread of K-pop to other countries. For example, in 2008, a powerful U.S. blogger, Perez Hilton, uploaded Wonder Girls' music video "Nobody" on his popular site and the video clip was seen by America's largest entertainment agency, the Creative Artists Agency, and through signing contract with this agency, the girl group entered the U.S. pop music market. In 2012, Psy's "Gangnam Style" became a global smash hit with more than 1 billion hits and became the most-watched music video on YouTube.
The results of the overseas expansion of K-pop in different countries are summarized below:
(a) Japan, being the world's second largest music market, was an obvious target of K-pop's overseas expansion. Expansion to the Japanese market was helped by the huge popularity of the Korean drama, Winter Sonata, in Japan. Initially, the K-pop artists portrayed themselves as J-pop stars and recorded original Japanese songs. For example, SM Entertainment hired leading Japanese voice and dancing instructors for BoA who also underwent intensive language training so that she could speak and sing like a Japanese native. The agency had invested US$3 million in her debut in Japan. In 2002, BoA's single "Listen to My Heart" reached number 1 in the Japanese pop charts. The boy group, TVXQ!, debuted in South Korea in 2003 but after 2005, the group's activities were focused on Japan and became very popular in Japan. Subsequently, groups like Girls' Generation and KARA presented themselves under the K-pop brand instead of being J-pop stars. They recorded Japanese version of their Korean hit songs for release in the Japanese market but still achieved huge popularity in Japan. For example, the first Japanese album of Girls' Generation sell more than 500,000 copies within 1 month of its release and later ranked first on Japan's Oricon weekly album chart. KARA's single "Jet Coaster Love" sold 123,000 copies within the first week.
(b) China was growing rapidly and became a target too. In 1997, H.O.T. released its first Chinese album which gained popularity among the Chinese audience. Sub-groups of K-pop idol groups targeting at the Chinese market were also created, for example, Super Junior-M which is the sub-group singing Chinese version of songs of Super Junior, and more recently, EXO-M which is a sub-group of EXO. These K-pop groups attracted a large number of fans in China.
(c) The initial expansion to the U.S. market did not met with great success. For example, JYP Entertainment, riding on its domestic success, attempted to break into the U.S. market with Wonder Girls and Rain. Although Wonder Girls's English version of "Nobody" reached number 76 on Billboard's "Top 100" chart in 2009, Rain and Wonder Girls could hardly be considered a great success in the U.S. However, greater successes were witnessed recently. In 2009, 2NE1's "To Anyone" ranked No.2 on the iTunes Hip Hop album chart, just behind Eminem's album "Recovery", and in 2011, Taeyang (a member of the boy band, Big Bang) became the first Asian artist to reach No.3 on the iTunes R&B/Soul chart and No.1 on the Canadian R&B/Soul chart with his solo album, "Solar International".
(d) K-pop also began to spring up in Europe. For example, SM Entertainment held two hugely popular shows in Paris in 2011 and the boy group, JYJ, held concerts in Barcelona and Frankfurt.
Contemporary K-pop Formula
As K-pop expanded overseas, its style has also changed. Wonder Girl's 2007 song,"Tell Me", with its infectious techno beat, its catchy and compelling refrain peppered with simple English phrases (e.g., "tell me") and easy-to-copy synchronized signature group dance moves provided the formula for the contemporary K-pop. Fans found such K-pop songs easy and fun to follow and this helped reduce the language barrier and assisted the viral spread of the songs among fans. For example, the "Tell Me" video generated copycat videos by students, police officers and even soldiers. Other idol groups also followed this formula, for example, Girls' Generation's "Gee" and Super Junior's "Sorry Sorry", and achieved huge popularity. Psy's smash hit, "Gangnam Style" also possessed this K-pop formula of catchy and compelling refrain (i.e., "Hey, sexy lady" and "Gangnam Style") and signature dance moves (e.g., pony-riding gallop), resulting in a lot of imitations through cover dance videos on the YouTube.
You can listen to the following K-pop songs and try to appreciate the winning K-pop formula:
"Tell Me" sung by Wonder Girls
"Gee" sung by Girls' Generation
"Sorry Sorry" sung by Super Junior
Second-generation and Subsequent K-pop Artists
Although many of the first-generation K-pop idol groups (e.g., H.O.T., S.E.S. and Sechs Kies) disbanded or stop performing in 2000's, the second-generation K-pop idol groups like TVXQ!, Big Bang, Super Junior, SHINEE, 2PM, 2AM, Girls' Generation, KARA, 2NE1, Miss A and f(x) appeared. Given the entertainment agencies' strategy to expand overseas, we could notice the inclusion of members from other countries in the second-generation and subsequent K-pop idol groups. For example, Nicole of KARA, and Tiffany and Jessica of Girls' Generation are Korean-American, Amber of f(x) is Taiwanese-American, Victoria of f(x) is Chinese, Nichkhun of 2PM is Thai-American, Jia and Fei of Miss A are Chinese.
With the increasing popularity of K-pop on a worldwide basis which represents a much larger market, a lot of K-pop artists are crafted to satisfy the demands during this period. From 1998 until 2008, about 30 K-pop groups, duos and solo artists were introduced each year. In 2009, the number jumped to more than 40. In 2010, it reached nearly 70 and in 2011, more than 100. For profiles of the current K-pop artists, you can read the book written by Mark James Russell referred to in the "References" section in this post.
Changes in the Star-making System
So far, the Korean star-making model is that entertainment agencies recruit new talents through auditions and the new recruits become trainees who undergo rigorous training programmes including singing, dancing, languages and how to be a star for several years. The trainees usually live together in small dormitories near the main studio. It is expensive for the entertainment agencies to craft a star and it is estimated that the training costs (including dorms, food, classes, transportation, clothes) amount to around US$100,000 per trainee per year. That's why the entertainment agencies want to sign long-term contracts (as long as 13 years) and take a large cut of revenues. However, once the trainee has become a star, in some cases, the validity of such long-term contracts has been questioned, resulting in court cases between the artist and the entertainment agencies.
Recently, we saw a change in the way K-pop stars are made. With the increasing popularity of American Idol-style audition programs (e.g. Superstar K and K-pop Star) in South Korea, entertainment agencies source new talents through these audition programs broadcast on the TV. As the winners and finalists have already got excellent performing skills and some may even compose songs themselves, shortly after the entertainment agencies sign on them, they can already release albums, and given that they have already attracted a high level of attention through the TV broadcast, the cost and time of training and promoting such new talents can be much lower than the trainee model. Recently, a number of artists making debut actually came from such TV audition programs, for example, Roy Kim, Lee Hi, Busker Busker and Akdong Musician.
You can listen to the songs sung by the following artists who came from TV audition programs by clicking the links below:
"Bom Bom Bom" (봄봄봄 – "Spring Spring Spring") sung by Roy Kim
"One, Two, Three, Four" sung by Lee Hi
"Cherry Blossom Ending" (벚꽃엔딩) sung by Busker Busker
"200%" sung by Akdong Musician
Internationalization of K-pop
Nowadays, the production of K-pop has become international with songwriters, lyricists, choregraphers, performers and fans coming from different countries all over the world. For example, Girls' Generation's "Run Devil Run" was written by US-based Busbee, UK-based Alex James and Sweden-based Kalle Engston. Psy's "Hangover" featured the American rapper, Snopp Dogg. That's why some may argue that except for the Korean lyrics, the present-day K-pop is in fact not purely Korean in nature but represents a fusion between the Western and Korean pop music styles.
You can listen to the following songs created through international efforts by clicking the links below:
"Run Devil Run" sung by Girls' Generation
"Hangover" sung by Psy (featuring Snopp Dogg)
This is for the time being the last blog post in this Evolution of K-pop Series. As K-pop continues to evolve, it may take on a new shape in the future. I will write blog posts on this topic again when I find something interesting to share with you.
Reminder: The next blog post will be published on 13 March 2015. Watch this space!
Related Blog Posts:
"Evolution of K-pop Series – An overview" dated 25 February 2015
"Evolution of K-pop Series – Birth of K-pop to 1940's" dated 27 February 2015
"Evolution of K-pop Series – 1950's and 1960's" dated 4 March 2015
"Evolution of K-pop Series – 1970's and 1980's" dated 6 March 2015
"Evolution of K-pop Series – 1990's (Rise of Modern K-pop) dated 9 March 2015
John Lie, K-pop: popular music, cultural amnesia and economic innovation in South Korea, Oakland, California: University of California Press, 2015
Mark James Russell, K-pop Now!: the Korean Music Revolution, Tokyo: Tuttle Publishing, 2014
Daniel Tudor著, 胡菀如譯,《韓國: 撼動世界的嗆泡菜》,台北市: 聯經出版事業股份有限公司,2013年版, 273-276頁
John Lie, "What is the K in K-pop? South Korean Popular Music, the Culture Industry and National Identity", Korea Observer, Vol. 43, No.3, Autumn 2012, pp.339-363
Korean Culture and Information Service, K-pop: A new force in pop music, Republic of Korea, 2011


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Apple is working on a more affordable version of the iPhone that would sell for as little as $300 and could be released as early as the middle of this year, according to reports.
The cheaper smartphone will likely resemble the current iPhone, but be made of less expensive materials such as polycarbonate plastic, reports The Wall Street Journal.
Foad Fadaghi, research director at analyst firm Telsyte, said Apple must move sooner rather than later to take advantage of the opportunity.
"Apple needs to address the part of the market that can't afford a premium product, which in Australia starts at around $800 for an outright phone," Mr Fadaghi told Fairfax Media.
"If they want to fight back against the myriad of Android devices that are on the market, it makes logical sense for a company that's adaptive to the marketplace to pursue a downmarket product," he said.
The device would likely cost about half that of the iPhone 5, which starts at $799, placing it in the $300-$400 price bracket, said Mr Fadaghi.
Other analysts, meanwhile, have speculated that the device would be smaller than the current model, and have dubbed it the "iPhone mini".
Apple, which released a smaller, cheaper version of its popular iPad tablet in October last year, declined the comment on the reports.
The product would mark the first time Apple has diversified its line of smartphones with different models since launching the original iPhone in 2007. Apple currently sells older models, such as the iPhone 4 and 4S, on its website at a reduced price.
The company faces increasing pressure from rival smartphone-makers such as Samsung whose products run Google's Android operating system, which has recently outpaced Apple in market share.
Mr Fadaghi said the device, which would still be a quality product in keeping with Apple's reputation, would need to come out soon to best capture the second part of the market.
"It would make sense particularly in Australia and particularly in some of the Asian markets to have a downmarket product available as soon as they can."
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The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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This record-setting, 1,487-pound pumpkin is the product of one Ken Desrosiers of Broad Brook, Connecticut and, as you can see, grew to that size in just two and a half months.
Planted at the end of June and entered into the Durham Fair on Wednesday, this gargantuan gourd smashed the previous Connecticut State record by a full 40 pounds—though it did fall short of the World Record 1810 pound pumpkin weighed-in Minnesota last October.
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Adrienne Maloof: Brandi Glanville 'Crossed the Line'
The Real Housewife blasts her rival while refusing to discuss the supposed "secret"
Allegations of a deep family secret made by Brandi Glanville created explosive drama on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills between the loose-lipped reality star and Adrienne Maloof, who wasn't at the dinner party to hear the talk firsthand.
The bombshell, which never actually revealed on Monday night's show, has created speculation among viewers and online that Glanville, 40, may have revealed information about Adrienne's marriage to Dr. Paul Nassif, 50, before their divorce over the summer.
Maloof is now firing back against Glanville.
"She seems to be addicted to attention and keeping herself relevant, and I think that s her goal," Maloof tells PEOPLE. "Her antics have crossed the line for me."
Maloof refuses to discuss what Glanville may have been alluding to, saying she wants to protect her children.
"I keep my children out of the limelight and I don t speak about my children," Maloof says. "It's something you don t even want to address. They deserve to have their privacy, and I am giving my children their privacy. As a mother I do what I can to protect my children and my family."
In the episode on Monday night, Kim Richards informed Maloof and Nassif about Glanville's comments, and the show concluded with a fiery confrontation as Nassif called Glanville's allegation "defamatory" while his wife joined in on the screaming fight.
"You lie," Maloof repeatedly said to Glanville during the angry altercation on TV.
Up to this point in the season, which filmed in the spring, Nassif and Maloof's marriage appeared solid. In reality, word that the couple was splitting first surfaced in July when Nassif filed for legal separation.
Subsequently, after much rancor and allegations of physical and verbal abuse, the pair settled their divorce amicably in early November.
As for Glanville, she now says she's sorry for what she said.
"I said something I shouldn't have said," she blogged on BravoTV.com, "and I am sorry and I now regret it," she wrote. "My mouth gets me in a lot of trouble, but this time I've p––d off the wrong rich person. … No one is perfect. We all make mistakes, and if I could take this back I would."


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Recently I was looking through some photos I took for a magazine and found the ones that didn't make the cut. All of our living room, sofa and cabinet top.
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Alzheimer's Disease and Diet
I'm putting this here in case anyone wants to argue about it, and because I was asked about it in the context of another Food Fight debate/ not sure where it best fits on the forums (since it was wildly off-topic by that point, lol!)...
Ok, so, NOT news: whole-food plant-based diets reduce risk for 'Western diseases of affluence' like coronary artery disease, stroke, diabetes, and the most common cancers in SAD-eating countries (breast, colon, liver, & prostate)... what is less commonly discussed is the similar risk patterns for Alzheimer's disease and other forms of age-related dementia, which have HUGE ties to diet. Like breast cancer and heart disease and diabetes, rates of Alzheimer's diagnosis predictably increase when other countries adopt an American-style (animal-centered/ highly processed) diet. Good for the heart = good for the brain; diet and exercise programs that reduce your risk for diabetes and cardiovascular dysfunction automatically reduce your risk for Alzheimer's, because of the (pretty well-established) links between sugar metabolism/ cardiovascular function and the ability of the brain to do its job properly. Obviously there's no 'one thing' that causes or prevents Alzheimer's; but diet is a major player, just like it is for the other top American diseases.
If anyone would like to debate this, I'm open, but... it seems kinda silly. The link is clearly there, based on best available data (see below).
More interesting to me is the Mediterranean diet vs vegan-plus-heavy-DHA/ B12 question... If there's enough evidence that the former is better than the latter-- I haven't seen it, if so, but share if you know more about this!... Undoubtedly both Mediterranean (basically whole-food plant-food 80%+, small amounts of olive & nut oils, and small amounts of fish & shellfish) and vegan diets are better than the SAD on all counts, for people with or without dementia... But as someone with a parent showing early signs of dementia, I'm watching this research closely. Right now she eats mostly vegan/ vegetarian, with some seafood... if that's how the research shakes out as the best plan for people with Alzheimer's-- and it may not, it may remain tied with "vegan+strongDHA/B12supplementation"-- but just hypothetically: would it change the way you approach food, in your 60's or 70's? or talk to aging family members about nutrition?
I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts on this.
Starter-reading, more to follow as time allows:
Feel free to add resources, as I'm sure there's tons more out there to consider and reflect upon... I find this interesting, and am always surprised to realize that most people don't view Alzheimer's as a diet-related disease.
There's some interesting research regarding tumeric and Alz. disease. I don't have sources, but I've heard more than one that India has one of the lowest rates of Alz. in the world and they've researched it down to the anti-inflammatory ingredient in tumeric which they eat in abundance in their curries and drink tumeric milk when they aren't feeling well. They like ginger which is anti-inflammatory anyway.
There really isn't any dementia in my family that I know of, but I eat a lot of curry and drink tumeric tea/water every now and then anyway because it's just such a good food to include in a vegan diet.
Also, you can't discount the healing properties of foods high in anti-oxidants like vit c, which vegans get in abundance. It would be very hard to convince me that this doesn't help fight against Alz./Dementia.
The human body, which is made up of between 55 and 75 percent water, Lack of water can lead to dehydration, a condition that occurs when you don't have enough water in your body to carry on normal functions....


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BMW 545i Fog light Buyers Guide:
Deciding between OEM, Halo Projector, Clear, Yellow, and Smoke 545i Foglights
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BMW 545i OEM Style Foglight Kit Overview
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Clear BMW 545i Fog Lights: The standard choice
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The only downside to clear 545i Foglights is that their "clearness" can be a liability if your foglights start getting old and worn looking after a few years.
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Unless you are going for that Japanese JDM look, Smoke Foglights are probably the nicest option available for your 545i. At the expense of a marginal loss of brightness, you get a slick looking light that looks perfect on white and most dark colored 545i. They are a perfect complement to tinted windows, especially on black 545i going for the full tinted Knight Rider-ish look.
Being the darkest foglight, they hide wear and tear the best, but that also makes them a less than desirable option if you are planning to add colored bulbs or HID kits to your 545i.
Yellow BMW 545i Fog Lights: Aggressive and functional
Yellow is the preferred color for drivers going after the Japanese "JDM" look. They look exceptionally nice on high contrast color 545i like black, white, or blue. Yellow 545i fog light kits might not be the best look for 545i with yellowish colors though (yellow, orange, some reds, etc.).
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